Unable to Complete Practical – “Optimize Your Website For Search Engines” Not Available on Free Plan

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Hi there,

I’m working through the HubSpot Content Hub for Marketers, but I’ve run into an issue with the practical exercise involving

  1. Optimize Your Website For Search Engines and
  2. Add Smart Text to a Page

I’m on a free HubSpot account, and I’ve noticed that I don’t have access to these features. From what I can tell, this feature is only available on paid Marketing Hub plans.

Since this is a free course, I’m confused why the practical task requires a paid feature that I simply can’t access. I’m not looking to upgrade, as this is linked to my personal email and I won’t be using the paid version on my personal email ID.

Can someone let me know:

  • Or if there’s an alternative submission method for students on the free plan?

Thanks in advance — just trying to complete the course with the tools available to me!

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I’ve raised this a few times that people can’t complete it. I think most sign-up for the 14 day free trial, do the course / exam, then cancel the trial. You don’t need it each year to renew…

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Hi, Thank you for the help. I did tried with activating trial period, and was able to complete the 1st exercise - Optimize Your Website For Search Engines. However, I am still stuck with other exercise - Add Smart Text to a Page, as I odnt see option to add a smart text upon selecting any module on published landing page.